Fabian Robin, LondonThe (restored) case surmounted by an elaborate repousse brass basket with floral medallions and swags framed by four cast finials over a moulded edge, each glazed side aperture set with a repousse mask on a red silk background to a moulded base on bun feet, the 7 inch square brass dial with winged cherub head spandrels framing the silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring with half-quarter marks and meeting arrow-head half hour markers, signed F. Robin, London between VII and V, and strike/silent lever above XII, the finely matted centre with ringed winding squares and a decorated chamfered date aperture, the movement with twin gut (now wire) fusees - the going side with short verge pendulum mounted on a knife edge, the strike with rack strike on a bell and repeating the quarters on a run of three bells and hammers, the backplate signed 'Fabin Robin, London' within a pattern of foliate scrolls (one pair of engraved scrolls transforming into a dogs/dragons heads) within a wheatear border. The carcass, movement and dial late 17th/early 18th century. The veneers possibly later? 46cms (18ins) high.